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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEioE.

JONA. G. WALKER, OF CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE, ASSIGNOR TO EZEKIEL WILSON.

MARKING BOXES, 66C.

`Specification of Letters Patent No. 3,231, dated August 26, 1843.

To all whom 'it may concern Be it known that I, JONATHAN C. VALKEE, ofConcord, in the State of New Hampshire. have invented a certain new orImproved Apparatus for Stamping or Marking Letters, Names, or Devices onBales, Boxes of Merchandise, or other Articles, and that the followingdescription, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,constitutes a full and exact description of the same.

Figure l of the drawings above mentioned represents a face view of oneof the letters used in process of marking. Fig. 2, is a side elevationo-f the same.

This letter or device a, to be imprinted, is cut out a sheet of close orhard felting, and glued or connected to a plate b, of wood or othersuitable material, the thickness of the letter being about equal to thatof the supporting plate Z). The top and bottom edges c, (l, of theletter and plate b, are beveled or chamfered off, as seen in Figs. 1,and 2. The felting a., being of a spongy consistency will absorb andretain a considerable quantity of any watery o-r oleaginous ink whichmay be applied to it, so that, when a series of such types or markingcharacters are properly set up, in a frame and have ink once applied totheir printing surfaces, a great many impressions can be taken insuccession therefrom, without the necessity of a reapplication of theink.

My next improvement relates, to the apparatus upon which the type iscomposed, or by which it is held, during the pro-cess of printing. Fig.3, denotes a bottom view of the said apparatus. Fig. t a side elevationof the same. It consists of a curved board or tablet c, applied to twoside pieces d, cl, which have handles e, e, at, or extending betweentheir ends, as seen in the drawings. Each end of the curved board has astrip of wood f, extending above it, whose edge facing the central partof the board, is beveled or inclined as seen in Fig. 5, the object ofthe same being to receive the end of a strip' of wood g which is slid orinserted under the same, A strip h., is also applied to one of the sidesof curved board and extends, above the same and is inclined on its face,or edge,l like the side strips f, f. The beveled upper edges CZ, Fig. l,of the types P, A, R, I, S, Fig. 3, are placed against or inserted underthe inclined edge of the strip k, and are there held in position as seenin the drawings, by the strip g, which is pressed against them, and hasits edge in contact with them beveled od so as to hold them down, or toprevent them from falling from the curved board. i

Fig. 5 represents a lengthwise section of the type holder, and Fig. 6, atop view thereof. In them it will be seen that the curved board uponwhich the types are set up, constitutes the bottom of a box B, which hasa cover c, and in which (box) such of the types as may not be in use maybe kept.

When the apparatus is used, it is only necessary to grasp the handles inboth hands, (the curved bottom or tablet c, being down,) and afterdipping the types of the saine into the ink or preparation for printing,apply it to such articles, on which an impression is to be given, byrolling or gradually applying the curved surface of the form of type,from end to end, over the same. x

I-Iaving thus explained my invention I shall claim- Constructing thetypes of felt, or any other absorbing material of the same effectivecharacter, applied to a plate in the manner set forth, also curving thetablet, (upon which they are composed or arranged for the purpose 0fprinting,) longitudinally, or in other respects substantially in mannerand for the purpose specified, also the combination with the tablet of abox, or Ina-ga- Zine B, arranged upon it in the manner and for theobject as described.

In testimony that the above is a correct specification I have hereto setmy signature this seventeenth day of July, A. D. 1843.

JONATHAN C. WALKER. `Witnesses: i

CHARLOTTE BARKER, STEPHEN BARKER.

